87 Quotes by Guy Martin

If you're going to go out, go out in a blaze of glory.

Speed on its own isn't always so exciting. On a racing motorbike, I can do over 180 mph, which is fast, but not as fast as the airliners that we all climb aboard to fly off on holiday. Modern passenger jets can cruise at between 500 and 600 mph, but sitting in an aeroplane like that for hours on end isn't very exciting, is it?

I race pushbikes more than I race motorbikes, but it's not the same.

I can't stop biting off more than I can chew.

I don't go to racers' funerals.

I was working for Martin Finnegan. He was my best mate in racing. I went to his wedding in November 2007. No-one else from the racing world was invited apart from me and my girlfriend. The funeral was the following May.

I'm not an idiot. Everything is calculated that I do.

You can't argue with physics, mate.

I've always had a proper job. I don't know anything else.